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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 11, 2018 -- TWO The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. A View from the Green Men’s golf results announced Twenty-six golfers played on Sunday, July 8 at Willow Creek Country Club. The two-man event consisted of three nine-hole rounds, with the formats of a scramble, chapman and alternating shot. Low net was Ralph Walker and Rick Johnston with a score of 80 and sec- ond place went to Jeff and John Edmundson with 85.5. Low gross went to Der- ek Gunderson and Charlie Ferguson with a 94 and second to Josh Coiner and John McCabe with 95. Mike Doherty got KP on hole number five. The next men’s play will be held Sunday, July 15 and will be hosted by Bill Morris, Delbert Binschus and Steve Marlatt. Couple awarded doctorate degrees Fourteen Willow Creek Country Club senior golfers won points at the par 72 Condon Golf Course in the Columbia-Blue Senior Golf Association Tournament on June 11. According to a spokesperson, weather and course conditions were excellent. The WCCC winners are as follows: -Columbia Division (handicap 17 and below) gross with a tie for third was Barry Munkers and Jim Doherty with 76, Ron Bow- man in fifth with 77 and John Boyer in eighth with 81. Net was Jim Swanson in fourth with 66. -Blue Division (hand- icap 18 to 23) gross was John Edmundson in third with 86, Gary Watkins in seventh with 91 and Steve Marlatt in eighth with 94. Net was Dale Boyd in fourth with 67. -Senior Division (hand- icap 24 and above) gross was Roger Ehrmantraut, fourth with 97 and a tie for fifth was Dave Creswick and Bill Morris with 98. Net in seventh place was Ralph Walker with 75 and eighth was Tom Martin with 76. The next CBSGA tour- nament will be at the Bea- con Rock Golf Course in North Bonneville, WA on July 9. Registration for the special play at the Indian Creek Golf Course at Hood River on Oct. 1 will contin- ue at the sign up table. Celebration of Life Births Norah Jean Heath –Ryan and Katie Heath of Pendleton announce the birth of a daugh- ter, Norah Jean Heath. Norah was born April 25, 2018 at 6:15 a.m. at St. Anthony’s Hos- pital in Pendleton. She weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 inches long. Norah joins her big sister Jorie Lynn Heath. Maternal grandparents are Theresa Crawford, Hep- pner and Craig Hams, Ione. Paternal grandparents Senior golfers play at Condon Willie Maddern are Rita Hiatt and the late Larry Heath of Heppner. Norah’s great-grand- A celebration of life and potluck luncheon will be held for Willie Maddern, Heppner, on July 14 at 1 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Heppner. Maddern was born Sept. 1, 1950 in Loma Lin- da, CA and passed away on May 21, 2018 at OHSU. He is survived by his wife Sally; two sons, Jeremy and Jody; six grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. The family requests do- nations be made in his name to the Nixyaawii Communi- ty School athletic program, 73300 July Grounds Ln, Pendleton, OR 97801. The Heppner Christian Church will hold Vacation Bible School Monday, July 23 through Friday, July 27 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The program is for children from age three through sixth-grade. This year’s theme will be “Discovering Jesus from eternity past to eternity future.” A barbecue dinner will be provided on Fri- day evening for the whole family. For additional informa- tion or questions, call 541- 980-9391 or 541-561-8881. The Loop Morrow County Transportation will be holding its quarterly STF Advisory committee meeting on July 17 at 3 p.m. at the Boardman City Hall, 200 City Center Circle in Boardman. On the agenda will be revenue/expense reports, 5311 federal grant, Statewide Transportation Improvement Fund and other business for the good of the order. Following the STF Ad- visory committee meeting, there will be a meeting of the Statewide Transpor- tation Improvement Fund (STIF). This meeting is for the organization of an ad- visory committee for STIF. This advisory committee will be responsible for dis- bursing funds as per ODOT rules and regulations that Morrow County will be receiving from HB 2017. The public is encouraged to attend this meeting. For further informa- tion please contact Anita Pranger at The Loop office at 541-676-5667. The USDA Forest Ser- vice Pacific Northwest Re- gion announces that the recently launched Pacific Northwest Forest Service recreation app is now avail- able in both Android and iOS mobile platforms. The app serves as a complement to the Forest Service’s traditional web- site by offering a more mobile-friendly way of connecting to the outdoors. Based on a mapping inter- face that allows visitors to find recreational opportuni- ties near them, the app pro- vides information on hiking locations and office hours who visit,” said Jim Peña, trails, camp- and alerts on Pacific Northwest Regional ing, picnick- fires and road Forester. “We heard people ing, boating closures. want more mobile-friendly areas and “This mo- ways of getting their hiking, more across bile app is one camping and other recre- 16 national of many ways ation information, and this forests, one we are trying app delivers just that.” national sce- to do our part The iOS version of nic area and t o b e g o o d the app was released in two nation- neighbors and May and already has nearly al volcanic support both 10,000 downloads with a monuments the communi- 4.7 rating in the Apple app in Oregon ties we serve store. and Washington. The app and the recreation users also provides other import- ant information on passes and fees, visitor center United Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on Wednesday, July 18 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch will be fish and chips, sunshine carrots, sliced tomatoes, Frank Carlson is the bread sticks and ice cream for dessert. entertainer scheduled to Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is perform at the Ione Legion $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Hall on Sunday, July 22 at 6 p.m. Carlson comes from Baker City and per- forms every other Friday at the VFW there and also entertains at many eastern Oregon events. According to a source, you should know most of the words to the songs that Murray’s Drug is now Carlson sings, they are fun to listen to and his music is accepting applications great for dancing. Tacos Hometown will be set up in the parking lot to provide food for the event and you are welcome to bring your own bever- ages. This second free con- cert for Ione’s Music in the Park will be held at the legion hall this time so there is a dance floor. The summer music series is fa- cilitated by the Ione Library Board and funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District. Rebecca and Richard Matthews. parents are Wayne and Dianna Hams of Ione and Susan Lindemuth of An- chorage, AK. Christian Church to hold bible school Rebecca (Jepsen) Mat- thews and husband, Richard Matthews both graduated with a Doctor of Physical Therapy degree (DPT) from Eastern Washington Uni- versity at the commence- ment ceremony held Satur- day, June 16 in the Spokane Arena. Rebecca is the daughter of Bill and Nancy Jepsen of Heppner and a 2012 grad- uate of Ione High School. Rebecca and Richard are both employed as physical therapists at Wallowa Me- morial Hospital in Enter- prise, OR. LCAC meeting rescheduled Due to the 4 th of July holiday, the regularly scheduled LCAC meeting for July was rescheduled to the second Thursday this month. The meeting will be held Thursday, July 12 at 9 a.m. in the upstairs conference room of the Bartholomew building, 110 N Court St, Heppner. Forest Service recreation app available The Loop to hold quarterly meeting Frank Carlson to perform at Ione Community lunch menu for a pharmacy techni- cian at our Heppner lo- cation. Full time/ Mon-Fri, experience preferred, background check and drug screen required. Contact John or Ann Murray for more details. 541-676-9199. 217 North Main St., Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Valby Lutheran Church Valby Road Ione Oregon. 97843 Church Services 1st & 3rd Sundays Available for: Weddings ♦ Funerals Family Events Old Country Church All are Welcome
